Issue - meetings

Approval is requested for commitment of budget and inclusion in the 2014-15 education capital programme of specific capital schemes

Lesley Mansell (Chair, Radstock Town Council) in an ad hoc statement [a copy of which is attached to the Minutes as Appendix 7 and on the Council's website] welcomed the proposals for investment in St Mary’s Writhlington and reminded the cabinet that there would soon be 52 new homes close to the school.

Councillor Dine Romero, in proposing the item, asked the Cabinet to support the proposals to allocate the capital maintenance grant from Government, to which had been added some s.106 money for Bishop Sutton.  She referred to section 5 of the report for detail.  She promised that further plans would be put forward at February Cabinet.

Councillor Tim Ball seconded the proposals.

Councillor Simon Allen felt that the proposals were investing in the future.

On a motion from Councillor Dine Romero, seconded by Councillor Tim Ball, it was

RESOLVED (unanimously)

To APPROVE for inclusion in the 2014-15 Capital Programme:

(1) 2014-15 and 2015-16 Basic Need funding totalling £1,102,000, 2014-15 Capital Maintenance funding of £810,000 and S106 of £42,000 at Bishop Sutton Primary School to meet statutory requirements for pupil places.

(2) 2015-16 Capital Maintenance funding of £100,000 at St Marys Primary School, Writhlington to replace and expand a poor condition temporary classroom block.

(3) Basic Need funding of £394,258 at Weston All Saints Primary School to meet the extra cost arising from delays in the planning process.

(4) Basic Need funding of £74,000 for St Saviours Infant School to enable it to accommodate a bulge year from September 2014.

(5) Capital Maintenance funding of £90,000 for Chandag Infants School for works arising from the UIFSM statutory requirements.

(6) funding of £142,000 from 2013-14 capital programme savings for the replacement of classroom block at Chew Magna Primary School.

(7) £68,000 from the 2013-14 capital programme savings, £130,000 from the remainder of the unallocated £500,000 earmarked funding and £52,000 from 2014-15 Maintenance grant totalling £250,000 for phase 2 works at Southdown Primary School.